Bye-Bye Jerk, Hello Mr. Right by Rosie Steppe

Chapter 513

Yuna's eyes filckered with a flash of panic, then she shook her head again. Seemed like that was her go-to

move.

I raised an eyebrow. "If he didn't touch you or kiss you, what makes you think he's in love?"

Her cheeks flushed as she looked down. "He... well, there was one time he almost kissed me."

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"Almost?" I tried to picture Wade's usual, reserved self. Was he drinking?"

Guys get weird when they're tipsy, sometimes mixing up reality with whoever's on their mind.

Yuna didn't shake her head this time. Instead, she nodded slightly. "Yeah, last week he was kinda down and had a few drinks.

"I asked what was wrong, and he said it'd been a hundred days since his advisor passed.

"He said he missed her... then he looked at me and leaned in like he was going to kiss me."

Right-exactly a hundred days since Narelle had passed.

I realized Wade must've been seeing Narelle in Yuna's place, which made

in Yuna's place. My heart sank. Narelle and I had shared so much in common, but Yuna? She was nothing like her.

he go through with it?" I asked, watching her face. "Did you pull

himself?"

deepened. "He stopped himself.

an eyebrow. "All those romance novels,

back, sounding a little defensive. "It's everything else. He's been so sweet to me,

across her face. "And sometimes, when he shows up late and sees some other guy talking to me, he gets

to her, I could tell she wasn't making it up. With all the signals Wade was throwing

to work through, and I'd have to talk to him about

"Did it ever cross your mind to wonder why he's still

she hesitated. "Are you saying his advisor

was about to nod when she quickly shook her head. No

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you

couldn't help but smile. Classic Yuna, still imagining all academic staff as

attractive lecturers," I told her, considering if I should

Wade's advisor was a young, beautiful woman?" she

starting to understand, I decided it was best to tell